Six Solvent Risk Control Measures
Following the death of a young worker who was exposed [...]

Following the death of a young worker who was exposed [...]

OSHA opened a follow-up inspection in January 2009 to verify [...]

Following an inspection, OSHA has proposed $115,000 in penalties against [...]

OSHA has cited 11 repeat violations for alleged infractions including [...]
An operator on a landscape project experienced sneezing, shortness of [...]
Over the years, we've learned that the nation's hazardous waste problems cannot be cured by simply burying waste in the land. Treating chemicals prior to land disposal will not necessarily remedy our hazardous waste problems.
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Educates employees about the dangers of working with materials that may contain asbestos.
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Instruction for employees working with flammable liquids. Defines LEL, UEL, flash points, and other related information. Provides the basics of bonding and grounding.
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The Globally Harmonized System (GHS) is an international approach to hazard communication, providing agreed criteria for classification of chemical hazards and a standardized approach to label elements and safety data sheets. This program is an explanation of how to comply, without changing your entire HAZCOM program.
This program will teach your employees to recognize and understand the different means of communication used to identify hazardous chemicals including the United Nation’s new Globally Harmonized System. The training program will educate your workers on the physical characteristics and chemical properties communicated in the safety data sheets and on the container labels enabling them to make proper decisions concerning the safe use handling and storage of the substances.
You're steam cleaning the shop floor when you accidentally knock over a 5-gallon can of gasoline near the welding booth. Do you know what to do?

Toxic chemicals are found in almost every home and workplace. In some industries such as chemical processing, they are used in great quantities. But they are also used for small, everyday tasks.

Safety eyewear and face shields can save you from injuries which can lead to blindness. Prompt treatment of eye injuries reduces the risk of permanent damage.

Chemicals and other contaminants can be transferred from the hands to foods, drinks or cigarettes and ingested into the body, where they can cause serious damage, especially with repeated exposure over time. Along with not eating, drinking or smoking after handling chemicals, workers who bring coffee or food items into contaminated areas are also risking exposure to toxic agents.
The chemicals you use at work can be hazardous to your health and safety.
If you work with any amount of chemicals,? or work in an environment where chemicals are used, handled, stored,? transported or disposed of, you must understand the hazards and how to protect? yourself.
It's important for you to understand the potential hazards that you may be exposed to while working with hazardous waste.
If you work with hazardous chemicals, then you?ve been trained on safe work practices to reduce your exposure. But have you ever considered the effects these chemicals might have on your family?

Gloves - of materials such as nitrile, poly vinyl chloride, natural rubber (latex) and butyl rubber
Thousands of people across North America become victims of unintentional poisoning every year. A major contributor to this problem is when toxic chemicals are stored in unlabeled containers.

Chemicals enter the body in a number of different ways. A chemical can be absorbed by the skin, inhaled, ingested or through a puncture like a needle. Once in the body, chemicals are circulated by

Laboratories harbor fire and explosion hazards, and radiation hazards. There may be high-powered equipment which could cause cuts, entanglement or electrocution. There also could be biohazardous materials which can cause fatal diseases.
Wet cement is a leading cause of skin problems for workers. These problems can be mild and short lived or severe and chronic.

Compressed air can make short work of everything from changing tires to nailing and stapling, but its power demands respect.
Think “formaldehyde” and very likely images of laboratories, hospitals or funeral parlors come to mind. But formaldehyde’s uses go beyond that of specimen preservation and embalming fluid. It’s one of the most commonly used and encountered chemicals in industry today.